#!/usr/bin/python
#Filename:str_methods.py

name='Swaroop' #this is a string object

if name.startswith('Swa'):
    print "Yes ,the string starts with 'Swa' "

if 'a' in name :
    print "Yes it contains the string 'a'"

if name.find('war') !=-1:
    print "Yes ,it contains the string 'war'"

delimiter = '_*_'

mylist  = ['Brazil','Russia','India','China']

print delimiter.join(mylist)

